Tarantino, DiCaprio Oscar snubs generate friction

Social media and other Internet sites reacted swiftly to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ latest Oscar nominations, announced Thursday morning. Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” received 12 nominations, including Best Picture, a Best Actor nod for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field for Best Actress and a Best Director nomination for Spielberg. Ben Affleck’s “Argo” got seven nominations, including one for Best Picture, but Affleck didn’t get one for his direction, much to the surprise of many. Other Best Picture nominations went to “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Les Miserables,” “Life of Pi,” “Amour” and “Django Unchained.”

“The Life of Pi” picked up 11 nominations, while “Les Miserables” received eight.
Quentin Tarantino’s controversial slavery film “Django Unchained” garnered five nominations, but some eyebrows were raised when Tarantino lost out on a Best Director bid, and Leonardo DiCaprio wasn’t given a Best Supporting Actor nomination.

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